Sobre este lugar
The Marché Victor Hugo is the daily stomach of Toulouse. The square began in 1827 as an open-air market selling firewood and animal feed, the Marché-au-Bois, before being renamed after Victor Hugo and roofed over as a covered market in 1892. The current building, a plain functional hall rebuilt in 1959, hides one of the finest food markets in France, with more than two hundred stalls of fishmongers, butchers, pork specialists, cheesemongers, bakers and spice merchants. Above all it is a shrine to the cuisine of the Southwest, piled high with confit de canard, foie gras, and the ingredients for cassoulet. A row of small restaurants on the first floor cooks lunch using produce bought from the stalls directly beneath them, drawing locals for long midday meals.
Datos clave
- 1892 year — The open market square was enclosed as a covered hall
- 1959 year — The hall was rebuilt into the structure that stands today
- 200 stalls — More than two hundred stalls fill the market with Southwest produce
📍 Place Victor Hugo, 31000, Toulouse